We Can Be Heroes… Just for One Day

The Just One Day movement does not get a lot of attention in the cat blogging community, and I wish it did! Every year on June 11, animal shelters are urged to stop euthanizing adoptable pets for “just one day” and instead hold events and adoption drives to place cats and dogs that might have otherwise lost their lives.

Last year, 1,300 shelters and animal control facilities in all 50 states pledged to be no-kill for just one day — and 13,000 pets were adopted! I hope that this year, they do even better.

The great thing about the Just One Day movement is that no one is asking open admission (i.e., kill) shelters to immediately change everything they’re doing — all it asks is that these shelters try something different on June 11 in the hopes that it gets them thinking about better ways to handle the pets that get surrendered or turned in to them.

A no-kill nation is not just possible — it is very doable, but it requires a shift in thinking about homeless pets, and developing new approaches to rehoming cats and dogs. But none of this is complicated or difficult. It just takes a group of humans willing to take action.

Has a shelter near you chosen to be a hero for Just One Day? You can find a list on the right hand sidebar of Just One Day’s Pledge page. There are also some Canadian shelters, and one in Australia, taking part.

My calendar didn’t let me know about Just One Day until yesterday. I will try to keep better track next year — that way I can warn you well in advance so you can encourage shelters in your community to take part.

You can visit the Just One Day website here; their Facebook page is here.

This is a fantastic campaign and there are so many creative ways shelters promote adoption, spay/neuter, and other animal services. I looked up our municipal open admission shelter and they are participating. They’re offering free rabies, DHPP and FVRCP vaccinations, microchipping and one-year licenses for pets four months and older today.

And to think that our peeps were in the local shelter here today:)) There were lots of kitties coming to the glass door to see who was visiting:)) But it didn’t work out..dog-guy thought he might enjoy a furbling, but the behaviorists art he shaelter didn’t h=think his behavior indicated that at all:(

We have our two kitties, and at purrsent that is pawlenty, MOL! We love kitties though…what a great idea this is!

you are right, it didn’t get much press this year, this was the first I had heard of it this year, and that is sad.

We have many no-kill like communities within our nation, I am lucky to live in one, but it is going to take a huge cultural shift change to be a no-kill nation. Heck we still don’t properly care for all of our humans.. but it never hurts to work for it, to strive for it, and campaigns like this are a start.

Thanks for telling us about this Summer. We think we remember hearing about it last year. Our local no-kill shelter is on the list, but they are already NO KILL. We’ll be glad for you to give us an early warning in 2016. Hope lots of animals were SAVED today. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

Sadly, the city shelter where my brothers and sisters have come from is not listed, but they have made enormous strides in their practices. They’ve also made the shelter itself so much better than when everybody from Gracie’s time and before had to endure life in tiny cages while waiting for a home. So, baby steps.

Wow! That is amazing! We had never heard of this before. We will make note of it for next year. Thanks, Summer. That is really a wonderful thing. We can’t wait to hear how this year’s Just One Day went!

I didnâ€™t know about this day but wish I had. UCFCC is trying to make our 4 town area no-kill but I donâ€™t think a no-kill nation is possible without educating humans to spay/neuter their pets. Pets, like my cousin BB, get out of the house and had he not been fixed, he might be procreating right now while heâ€™s missing.

13,000! That says something to mes! This is a great movement. Having been designated at a pound to be “put down” and given a chance by a worker who did not “follow the rules”, me supports this cause! Kisses Nellie

We usually write about this day too but forgot this year. Our town is well on its way to being a no kill town and hopefully this will spread to toner areas. Thanks for your visits and well wishes for Georgie!

So true, Summer. All it takes is WILL. When peeps ‘want’ to do something, they almost always can. I mean, they sent men to the moon! Now if peeps can do that, they can make your great nation, and mine, NO-kill nations, for sure. MOUSES!

WHAT AN EXCELLENT ONE DAY EVENT. OUR SHELTER HERE IS NO KILL JUST RECENTLY PURINA AWARDED 25K TO OUR SHELTER FOR UPGRADES TO THE CAT SECTION OF THE SHELTER AND PURINA EMPLOYEES EVEN VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ASSEMBLE THE CAT TREES AND PAINT HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF

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